Readings for the Daily Office from the Early Church

by J. Robert Wright (Editor)

A collection of readings selected from early Christian writers to accompany the 453 liturgical days in the Daily Office Lectionary of The Book of Common Prayer. This serves as an excellent introductory course in the theology of the early Church as well as a way to deepen one's understanding of the Church's doctrinal tradition based in Holy Scripture. (524 pp)

Genres: Christianity, Reference

524 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Helen-Louise · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kind of an esoteric book. Thanks for the gift, Catherine. Some of the readings are really difficult to understand in a modern context, but interesting/challenging to try to figure out. The one I keep mentally grappling with, a couple of months after its appointed day is one about how Jesus had to truly suffer, and [if I am understanding the author] not even truly understand why, or that he would be resurrected. He couldn't understand or have that knowledge just because he was human. I contrast that with a line in a play that Jesus was a cheat, didn't matter how much he suffered, because he knew it wan't "real" - that he was immortal and couldn't die. The strange things Christians think about ...